Elsewhere, new South Africa captain Steven Pienaar , who replaced deposed Aaron Mokoena last week, is a big doubt for Saturday's critical Group G match at home to Egypt.
But early indications are that the Ryan pick has failed to move any of that small, elusive but critical group of swing voters, while dyed-in-the-wool partisans have just hardened their positions.
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The venue of the event itself, namely a university campus, which is home to many young people who will be participating in the 7 December elections, underlines the importance of political leaders giving assurances of peace to this critical demographic group.
It sounds critical of the group, but it is actually a critique of how the rest of us have been treating the group.
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The Union of Concerned Scientists, an American ginger group critical of most real-world nuclear programmes (though not of the technology per se), prefers the safety concept of the EPR, with its multiple back-ups.
It also reached a critical agreement with a group of lenders led by Chase Manhattan, now part of J.
The idea is that when a critical proportion of a group is immune to a disease, too few individuals are susceptible for that disease to be passed from one to another.
Michael Boyd, president of Colorado aviation consulting firm Boyd International Group, is critical of the recommendation, saying the country could handle the current flight demand -- and cut delays -- by improving its air traffic control system.
"It's the development of what is almost a new politics, deciding whether the company reflects the values of the community, " said Paul Blank, a spokesman for "Watch Out Wal-Mart, " a watchdog group that is critical of the company.
Fountains of Wayne's massively hooky power-pop songs have made it a critical darling, landed the group in the Top 40 (for 2003's ubiquitous "Stacy's Mom"), and even spawned one of the most spot-on musical commentaries in recent years: Robbie Fulks' "Fountains of Wayne Hotline" lays the band's formulas bare in hilarious fashion.
With senior-level representation from program and management offices throughout the Government, this group will serve several critical functions.
GutCheck: A focus group can be a critical way to get an understanding of customer behavior and as a result, build better products.
Stinebrickner-Kauffman is critical of the non-profit group, the Fair Labor Association, which Apple has invited to audit most of its manufacturing facilities in China.
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For Addison Fischer, a board member and cofounder of Planet Heritage Foundation, the shared knowledge around the table and collective funding is critical to the success of the group.
Marcellus Protest, a local group that's critical of the drilling industry, complained about a lack of hearings in nearby communities and that no environmental impact study was done in advance.
This week's ruling applies to materials like bauxite, coke, magnesium, manganese and zinc, but, most notably, does not apply to rare earths -- a group of 17 elements critical to the production of tablets, smartphones and myriad other gadgets.
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He knew how critical it was to engage the broadest group of stakeholders.
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The ratings are a critical way health plans such as UnitedHealth Group (UNH), Humana (HUM), Aetna (AET) and others use to attract seniors and retain them in their plans.
The Center for Security Policy today issued a critical appraisal of the priorities of the Group of Seven industrialized countries in placing the economic and financial needs of the Warsaw Pact countries increasingly ahead of those of the Latin American debtor nations in certain areas.
Closely related to this third group of activities is a critical question that we as a country now face: how to strengthen our financial system, including our system of financial regulation and supervision, to reduce the frequency and severity of bouts of financial instability in the future.
After deciding it would no longer take such donations, the group launched a campaign that is critical of the gas drilling industry.
Dr. Andrew Carr, chief executive of the biosciences group, says the device is critical not only to his own company's fortunes but also to turning around the beleaguered drug industry.
Centre-right MEPs - the largest group in parliament - have been highly critical of the report, saying it is primarily motivated by anti-Americanism.
While the benefits that the suits may provide are not critical for current space missions, both the MIT group and Dr Locke are thinking longer-term.
Emotions and frustrations are running high, and as we grapple to make sense of the tragedy, it is critical for all Americans to refrain from scapegoating any group of people or targeting innocent Americans based on their racial, religious and ethnic identity.
Germany's attitude proved critical to the question of whether this "parsimonious" group could win the day.
Having a tight-knit group that you can commiserate with is a critical one, says Waber.
In Aliabad, a town in the south of the province, a group of about a hundred men called the Critical Infrastructure Protection force had set up a string of checkpoints.
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